El Jue 23 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick escribió: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 09:42:41PM -0700, Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez wrote: > > El Jue 16 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick escribió: > > > > > > If this printer is hooked up on the network (e.g. via Ethernet), I > > > believe you need to set the lp variable to the hostname or IP address > > > of the printer, e.g.: > > > > > > admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\ > > > > > > :lp=192.168.1.100\ > > > :sd=/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=admincolor:\ > > > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > > Negative, leave the lp capability blank, explicitly (:lp=:). > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-advanc > >ed.html#PRINTING-ADVANCED-NETWORK-RM > > Then the printcap(5) man page should reflect this; the existing > explanations for both fields are painfully terse. > > lp str /dev/lp device name to open for > output, or [EMAIL PROTECTED] to > open a TCP socket > rm str NULL machine name for remote > printer > > I can file a PR (to doc) on this if recommended.
if you are printing to a remote LPD system, you should use: :lp=:\ :rm=hostname-or-ip:\ :rp=printer-name:\ If you use [EMAIL PROTECTED], then you should not use rp and rm, but in the port of the machine should be a program that undestand LPD/LPR protocol. The printcap(5) man page has a section "REMOTE PRINTING". maps _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"